Panayoti Kelaidis
Public Gardens Administrator
Member since: 2003
Proposed by: Garden Club of Denver, Zone XII
Panayoti is a plant explorer, gardener and Public Garden Administrator associated with the Denver Botanic Gardens where he is now Senior Curator and Director of Outreach. He has designed plantings for many of the gardens at the DBG, as well as being part of the design team at Centennial Garden and Denver Mayor Hickenlooper's Water Conservation initiatives for Denver Parks. He has taken seven trips to South Africa, researching the high mountain flora there, as well as travels to the Andes, the Himalaya, Turkey and Europe. Many of his plant introductions are available through Plant Select, a worldwide introduction program he helped create and still fosters. Plant Select has sold more than 50 million plants. He prides himself in helping forge a distinctive Western style of gardening. Member since 2003.
